{"id":219599,"date":"2025-09-12T01:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/219599\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T01:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:20:12","slug":"overlooked-shelter-pup-thought-she-was-going-home-then-her-adopter-didnt-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/219599\/","title":{"rendered":"Overlooked Shelter Pup Thought She Was Going Home \u2014 Then Her Adopter Didn’t Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past April, a sweet dog named McStuffins arrived at Border Tails Rescue<\/a> in Northbrook, Illinois. McStuffins has an infectiously lively personality and a unique, adorable look thanks to her heterochromia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With everything McStuffins has going for her, she was quickly adopted, and the rescue’s staff assumed they\u2019d never see her again. But just a few months later, McStuffins’ family returned her to the shelter.<\/p>\n

Eric Noxon and Joey Masloski, the content creators behind a TikTok page<\/a> that brings awareness to overlooked rescue dogs, were shocked to learn that McStuffins had been returned.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt breaks my heart, because she\u2019s so sweet,\u201d Noxon said in a TikTok. \u201cShe just has a bundle of energy, and I think that\u2019s the only thing kind of holding her back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noxon and Masloski visited McStuffins in the shelter every few weeks. Each time they took her out for a long run or played fetch with her, they fell in love with her personality more and more.<\/p>\n

One day, Noxon and Masloski showed up for a playdate with McStuffins but were delighted to find that someone had taken her home. They crossed their fingers that maybe this time, McStuffins and her adopter would be a perfect match.<\/p>\n

But alas, after just 24 hours, McStuffins was returned to the shelter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is McStuffins probably just thought it was a sleepover,\u201d a Border Tails Rescue volunteer said in a TikTok.<\/p>\n

Just days later, McStuffins had her dreams crushed yet again. Someone applied to adopt her \u2026 but never showed up to meet her.<\/p>\n

According to the shelter staff, McStuffins\u2019 behavior has been regressing as a result of being confined to her kennel day after day. She has so much love to give, but it\u2019s hard to be on her best behavior when she\u2019s so isolated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows you what happens when they sit in the shelter,\u201d a Border Tails Rescue volunteer said. “McStuffins \u2026 she\u2019s getting worse and worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though it\u2019s hard to watch McStuffins be let down so many times, Masloski and Noxon don\u2019t hold it against the people who\u2019ve returned her to the shelter. Because of them, the staff members have learned that McStuffins needs to be in a home without any other pets and be part of a family that can embrace her active lifestyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to McStuffins\u2019 previous adopter for giving her a shot,\u201d Noxon said in a TikTok. \u201cWithout you, we wouldn\u2019t be able to learn as much as we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noxon and Masloski know that McStuffins\u2019 perfect match is out there. They\u2019re not going to give up until she finds her real forever home.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in adopting McStuffins, you can apply to adopt her here<\/a>.\"Guy<\/a>Guy Notices Long Tail Sticking Out Of Manhole Cover \u2014 Then Sees It Move\u201cI got a little emotional because so many people stopped to help.\u201d<\/a>